NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Friday Playbook

It's Friday, January 30th, and we have a 9-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

We have a nine-game NBA DFS main slate on Friday and a bunch of teams on a back-to-back. We only have ONE game over 230 implied points, too. Defense..defense..defense! There are stars everywhere with Cade Cunningham, Luka Doncic, Donovan Mitchell, and James Harden hitting the hardwood.

Before actually diving into the meat and potatoes, welcome to the NBA DFS season. If this is your first time reading our column on NBA DFS picks, I just want to welcome you and give you a few tips and tricks on what you should be looking for each night.

• News outlets: reliable sources that give us injury news & starting lineups
• Pace of play: who's playing fast vs. who's playing slow. Which teams get a pace-up spot (more possessions) vs. pace-down (fewer possessions)
• Usage rates: is a percentage of how many plays that player is being used in
• NBA DFS Projections
• Lineup Generator
• NBA Ownership

NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, January 30th

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Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

This section will be used for anything that changes from the morning until right up to roster lock. 

Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

• Adding Terance Mann to player pool

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/30

• Nikola Jokic - IN
• Luka Doncic - IN
• Jaylen Brown - OUT
• Deni Avdija - IN
• Kawhi Leonard - IN
• Evan Mobley - OUT
• Devin Booker - OUT
• Domantas Sabonis - OUT
• Trae Young - OUT
• Michael Porter - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• Ja Morant - OUT
• Austin Reaves - OUT
• Russell Westbrook - OUT
• Jusuf Nurkic - OUT
• Franz Wagner - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - OUT
• Darius Garland - OUT
• Jalen Green - IN
• Josh Hart - IN
• Santi Aldama - OUT
• Tre Johnson - OUT
• Neemias Queta - IN
• Cameron Johnson - OUT
• Miles McBride - OUT
• Khris Middleton - OUT
• Christian Braun - OUT
• Noah Clowney - OUT
• Egor Demin - IN
• Malik Monk - IN
• Kevin Love - OUT
• Cam Thomas - IN
• Cody Williams - QUEST
• Craig Porter - QUEST, downgrade
• Marvin Bagley - OUT
• Ziaire Williams - OUT
• Ty Jerome - OUT
• Caris LeVert - DOUBT
• Cade Cunningham - PROB

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

In the section below, I’m listing the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads. Not every game is listed, but every game listed has the pace and defensive numbers listed.

NBA DFS Core Player Pool & Lineup Picks

Here are the core players I’m looking at for my NBA DFS picks tonight. You can see the full analysis of tonight’s NBA DFS projections and player pool below or skip ahead to building the best lineups possible by locking these into the aforementioned lineup generator now.

High

• Luka Doncic, Donovan Mitchell (GPP), Stephen Curry

Mid

• LeBron James, Keyonte George, Trey Murphy, Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, Jaren Jackson Jr., Saddiq Bey, Jock Landale, Kyle Filipowski, Bub Carrington

Value

• Dennis Schroder, Al Horford, Cam Thomas, Danny Wolf, Dylan Cardwell, Justin Champagnie, Kyle Anderson (GPP), GG Jackson, Mitchell Robinson (GPP), Terance Mann (if starting)

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